Americas Best Value Inn – Mt. Royal

The location is great. The beach is just across the street along with Palace Playland. There are restaurants lining the street on both sides and are easy to walk to.
The room was very clean and cozy. It had a mini fridge and microwave, but no desk. The beds were ok, but not the best. Wifi is in and out, not the best, but I was able to watch Netflix with mostly no issues.
I did not sleep well while I was here. There are train tracks right behind the hotel and the train will blare its horn at all hours of the day and night. There are blinds for the windows but no curtains, so there’s a lot of sunlight coming into your room first thing in the morning even with the blinds drawn.
The front desk isn’t open after 7pm on weekdays, which was very inconvenient. I didn’t arrive until 9pm the day that I checked in and no one was there. I had to call an on-​call number to get my keys, which were in a drop box outside that anyone could have accessed. I called the on-​call number again to get the internet code, but never got an answer and had to wait until the next day.
The staff are all young and friendly, which was redeeming. All in all, the train is enough to keep me from coming back.

We expect more from our first time to Old Orchard.
This motel is very dated. There is a train that runs right behind the motel every few hours and feels like an earth quake with horn. Dirty face clothes in the shower. Rooms smelled like smoke. Air condition was extremely loud. Blinds don’t work. I can go on and on… Avoid staying here and experiencing this disaster for yourself.

The wifi is not good so if that is important to you be prepared. The hotel exterior and lobby area look tired. But the rooms are remodeled so it’s not bad. Bed is comfortable. Walls are so thin you could hear your loud neighbor, drunken people hollering outside in the middle of the morning and the train behind the hotel is loud and it runs even in the middle of night.
Do not stay at this hotel if you are looking for rest and relax with close proximity to a beautiful beach. Lots of parking. Close to everything in OOB and the beach. We are okay as it is just for one night, but we can’t wait to get out of there and move on with the roadtrip. We are not into the family amusement park so there isn’t any reason to hang around.

Centrally located hotel and decent prices for summertime in Old Orchard. The staff is very friendly and attentive. Very close to everything in Old Orchard, the restaurants, the boardwalk, right across the street from the beach… which is the reason we chose this hotel. However, there were some down sides.
Checking in, we were given the keys to a room. We go to that room, open the door, and other guests stuff is all over the place. Apparently, someone was already staying in that room (how they got that mixed up is beyond me). Luckily, they had another room available so we were able to get right in. And, they upgraded us to a kitchenette room for free! The beds and some furniture has been recently updated, the kitchenette was nice and the bathroom was okay. The pool was kind of gross, the water looked dirty and there was hardly anywhere to sit. The worst part was that we were surrounded by 10 – 15 people from Quebec none of which spoke good English, they stayed on the balcony until 3am both nights we were there, very loud and obnoxious… and our phone in the room didn’t work so we couldn’t call the office and complain. But, that’s what we get for going to OOB mid-​summer!
Overall, it was a good stay. The location cannot be beat! I think I would stay here again.
ps– parking situation isn’t great. One car per hotel room… there were 4 of us and we took 2 cars. There is no additional parking for extra vehicles so I had to pay $ 80 to park it in a parking lot for the weekend. Even though when we had called someone at the hotel told us they had a lot out back for us to park in. Ugh.

Okay, the motel is old and crummy, that I kind of expected. The staff was pleasant and friendly, and the honored the internet rate. The location should be good, right in the middle of the action. They have put in ceramic tile floors — at least in my room — which I like because they can easily be cleaned. My biggest complaint — the noise from the bar a block down. It went on WAY into the night. I called the OOB police, that was a joke, evidently they are on the payroll from the bar. I called the manager «oh that goes on every night». Every night??? Are you kidding. I am absolutely livid about the town and the motel, never to return, that’s for sure. And Amtrack goes through about 2 feet from the back of your room, and the bar playing overly loud music on the whole block. My only consolation was that loud heavy base music is proven to make men sterile, so maybe this inconsiderate gene pool (cops included) won’t be able to pass on their defective genes.

I have stayed in many hotels throughout my life, and I have never stayed at one this atrocious. I booked the hotel on-​line for two nights, and was actually quite excited after reading some comments about it being newly renovated and my room said it would have an ocean view. I opened the door to my room, and immediately I saw a thick, red shag carpet. I knew from that point forward is was going to be interesting. I turned the light on, and the walls were wooden panel from probably the seventies with many holes punched in them. When I walked into the bathroom, there was hair in the sink, and I felt like the floor was going to collapse underneath me. I went to turn the heat on, no go. So, sleeping cold all night it was. At 11:30PM at night, I figured I’d just go to bed and it be whatever. I woke up a few times throughout the night, there is a lovely Amtrak track right behind the hotel. Wish I would have know about this sooner. The sheets weren’t white, which means no bleach, which naturally, means no guarantee of cleanliness, not to mention the disgusting rug.
The next morning I decided to go take a shower. I pulled the shower curtain open, and I was horrified. There was mold growing in between the tiles in the shower, and what I assume was soap scum built up on the tub. This, I was disgusted by, but I could deal with it. When I saw the shower curtain however, that was it. It was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Oh, and a quick comment on the ocean view, just because the door to the hotel points towards the ocean, doesn’t make it an ocean view, especially when it is blocked by an amusement park.

Upon arriving was asked if I booked 2 rooms. I didn’t but apparently my cc was charged twice due to me modifying my reservation (added a note requesting renovating rooms, read a review that some rooms were icky). The man said he would have my credit card credited back for the extra room. You get can register online for a savings card that saves $ on room and gets you late checkout. I asked about this and the man seemed unhappy and reluctantly told us 12:00 was best he could do (checkout usually at 10:00). We actually left at 11:30. Room was very small but clean and had a jacuzzi tub and flatscreen tv (but no remote). The room also did not have a phone which I found a bit odd. I didn’t get a chance to check out the pool. Location is great. Directly across the street from Palace Playland and the beach. About a 2 min walk to pier. A bit loud because you can hear the roller coaster but didn’t bother us as we have noisy kids. Tripadvisor said breakfast included (assuming continental) but we didn’t see any breakfast being served. Overall not bad but a bit pricey at 172.00 a night with discount.